A man has been arrested for the murder of Steve Halfon, a Brooklyn coin dealer murdered on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. Police found fingerprints of Andrew Jackson, 26, on the car where the victim was murdered...
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A Brinks shipment from Professional Coin Grading Service to Heritage Auctions was apparently broken into, and the finest known 1870-CC $20 stolen. The coin is graded AU58 by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation and carries NGC Certification ID 3414402-001...
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A large collection valued at over $200,000 has been stolen in Larnaca, Cyprus. Approximately 500 notes were taken. Most were rare, but low grade Latin American notes, from 1890-1970. Some rare high value notes from Brazil, before 1926 and many more...
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Two gunmen robbed a Houston coin dealer and showed extreme violence. After having bitten the dealer’s arm they sliced the skin around the wound in order to remove any DNA evidence and threatened to kill the 12 year old daughter if not shown all valuables.
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On April 22, 2012 51 coins from a highly important gold hoard have been stolen at the Landesmuseum Münster. They originate from the only medieval gold hoard, which has been found in Westphalia...
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The Numismatic Crime Information Center will be conducting a Free seminar on Numismatic Crime Investigations on October 18, 2012 in conjunction with the ANA Dallas National Money Show. The seminar is being hosted by the Pantego Police Department and open to Law Enforcement Personnel Only.
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A young couple stole a coin collection worth $100,000 but is obviously not aware of what they hold in hands: they pay at the movie theatre and the pizza restaurant with these coins at face value, among them a Liberty Head Quarter. Now they got busted.
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After becoming victim of a theft Jeff Garrett, former president of the US Professional Numismatists Guild, shares his experience with us in order to give some advice and describe what it means when they smash your show cases and steal your valuable coins.
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Does anybody know Richard Burgess? This man died last year, his property was looted and thieves sold allegedly gold coins worth $250,000. Police did not know about coins at Mr Burgess’s and is looking for where he got them from.
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In the night of January 31, 2013 three persons broke into the firm of Chilean businessman Lorenzo Jiménez in Santiago de Chile and stole a precious coin and antiquities collection. The owner offers a $10,000 reward.
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On December 15, 2012 judge Trofimov and his family was murdered in Kharkiv / Ukraine and his coin, medal and decoration collection was stolen. Interpol has informed dealer associations about the stolen items and the possibility that single objects might come up in the market.
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Dealers should be on the look out for a subject selling counterfeit coins. The suspect is selling counterfeit modern coins in original packaging, including capsules and COA’s according to an Oklahoma dealer.
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A burglar sawed a roof and stole many coins from a rare coin shop in Tacoma, USA. When leaving he dropped a part of his loot but got away with coins worth more than $30,000. Police is looking for the man who is clearly recognisable on a store survellaince video.
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Over $400,000 in banknotes and coins were taken from a dealer attending the ANA and staying at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosemont. The dealer reported that some person or persons removed a safe containing the banknotes and coins from his hotel room.
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On October 31, 2013 an 81-year-old coin dealer was shot dead in the US town of Albemarle. Footage material shows apparently the robber leaving with his booty and his victim’s car. There is still no trace of him.
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Police is searching a man who allegedly tried to rob a coin dealer on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 in Eisingen (Germany). He threatened the dealer with an object similar to a hand grenade and escaped with no plunder.
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A robber was forced to give up his intention to rob a coin shop in the Swiss town of Aarau: The shop owner and his employee simply were not frightened by the robber’s pistol and threw all the stuff at him that was at hand until the man took to his heels.
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Since Halloween police has been searching the man suspected of having killed and robbed 81-year-old coin dealer Rogerdell Gibson in the US town of Albemarle. On Wednesday, 20.11.2013, the man was eventually arrested.
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The police is asking for help while investigating a burglary in the Bamberg area in Bavaria. A large portion of a coin collection was stolen last November. Most of the stolen coins were issued by the prince-bishops of Bamberg.
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The French Creusy family, in the coin business for over 40 years, was robbed on their way back home from a coin convention in Paris. All their merchandise worth over one million euros was stolen. They offer 80,000 euros reward for helpful indications.
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Not all criminals are content with simply robbing a bank. Some of them prefer mints. An online article has chosen a top five list which shows that some of these crooks were “lastingly” successful. Not all cases have been solved until now.
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During the last weeks and months, the number of dangerous robberies and violent crimes has risen significantly. CoinsWeekly spoke to Harald Schmidt from the department of regional and national crime prevention in Germany and asked him to give us some tips for coin dealers and collectors.
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Coin collectors who share photos of their coins with others online take an enormous risk since cell phones save the location data together with the picture. Criminals can make use of this to track down collections. However, there are ways to block crooks easily.
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We have received two reports of coin thefts: On August 29, 2014 a money transporter was raided in the Swiss Canton of Geneva, 650 1-ounce gold coins were stolen. Also in these days a Fedex shipment containing rare Cyprus and World coins has been reported stolen on its ways to Paris.
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Mark Miller, suspect in several thefts from past Baltimore coin shows pleads guilty to felony theft between $10,000-$100,000. Miller agrees to not attend any coin or currency show in the USA for five years.
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The Danish coin shop Denarius experienced a coin theft at a fair arranged by the Norwegian Numismatic Society in Copenhagen, Denmark. We give you more information about the stolen coins and the reward in this article.
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Doug Davis is an expert in numismatic crimes. He has fought criminals for long as a police detective and eventually founded the Numismatic Crime Information Center. In this text he gives you information at hand how to not become victim of a crime.
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A suspected thief was tackled by a security guard as he tried to escape at the Long Beach Expo on Friday, June 10, 2016. An alleged accomplice with a backpack containing more than $300,000 of rare coins was also taken into custody.
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On 10 June 2016 John Aiello was victim of a vehicle burglary in West Palm Beach, FL (USA). The suspects took a coin collection comprising many 19th c. US coins and a collection of obsolete banknotes.
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The Numismatic Crime Center played a central role in arresting vehicle burglars who had stolen coins from various coin dealers. Evaluating similarities between registered offenses combined with numismatic knowledge was of great help to the police.
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An employee of the Royal Canadian Mint stands accused of stealing gold coins and gold pucks. He probably smuggled the blanks using the oldest trick in the book – smuggling them inside his own body.
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Detectives with the Los Angeles police department are investigating the theft of high grade NGC slabbed ancient coins valued in excess of $400,000. The coins are identifiable through their serial number.
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In Jackson, Mississippi (USA) the owner of a pawn and jewelry / coin exchange and his two employees were each shot and killed in a robbery. Prime suspects are a man and a women shown in the video surveillance.
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In March 2015 Leston Lawrence gained a questionable fame when he was accused of having smuggled gold blanks out of the Royal Canadian Mint by concealing them in his rectum. A court has now adjudged him guilty.
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In a spectacular heist in the Berlin Bode Museum, one the world’s largest and most valuable gold coins was stolen. The theft is almost unprecedented. The great force the perpetrators executed came totally unexpected.
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During a burglary at the coin dealership R&K Coins in Springfield (USA), the thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of coins and banknotes. In order to get into the shop, they used a brute method, one would rather associate with action films.
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There is still no sign of the huge gold Maple Leaf that was stolen from the Berlin Bode Museum in March 2017. Berlin Police has now posted a surveillance camera video that might help to find the burglars.
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More than three months after the giant Big Maple Leaf has been stolen from the Bode Museum, Police arrested some suspects. Thanks to a large-scale raid, the crime seems to have been largely solved.
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Bill Walker, a rare coin specialist in Heritage Auctions’ Dallas office, identified five stolen coins and investigated how they found their way back on the market in order to contact the owner.
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Caught with the help of the Anti-Counterfeiting Task Force of the Industry Council for Tangible Assets, a man from Minnesota is expected to respond to a felony charge for theft-by-swindle. After purchasing the coins on a Chinese web site, he tried to sell them at a profit to pawn shops.
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In August 2017, thieves took almost 400 mainly Viking Age artefacts among them coins from Bergen University Museum, Norway. To make the sale of these items more difficult, the public was asked for help. A first major success was achieved already.
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In April we had to report that at least 1,200 objects worth the equivalent of 2.6 million euros had disappeared from the Stockholm Royal Coin Cabinet. A perpetrator is now standing trial. A second one is the subject of ongoing investigations.
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In 2011 a large collection of coins was stolen from the Commercial Bank of Benghazi. Now some pieces have come up in auctions. Alessandro Cattaneo and Michele Asolati identified one and describe how exemplarily auction house Leu acted.
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After a burglary in Indianapolis with a 75-year old victim found dead a comprehensive list of the stolen silver coins was published. Additionally we know also of a Masonic ring and which gold coins were stolen.
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Last week, burglars stole the collection of Byzantine coins owned by renowned scholar Simon Bendall. His comprehensive collection had served him for decades as source for his many publications.
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The burglars were sure that the owner of their target would not come home, while they were busy robbing his house: Rob Gronkowski was playing in the Super Bowl. Now, the criminals were exposed with a little help of two graded Morgan dollars and the numismatic community.
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The Thomas-Dobrée Museum in Nantes was robbed in the night between April 13th and 14th. Not only the heart of Anne of Brittany was stolen, but also a large group of French gold coins. An illustrated list has been put online by cgb. You will find all the links here.
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On June 2, 2018 coin dealer Jack Noble was the victim of a vehicle burglary in British Columbia (Canada). The Royal Canadian Mounted Police already have a strong suspicion because the man appears to have been a targeted victim.
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A package sent by Ira & Goldberg Coins & Collectibles to a client was taken from a FedEx Truck in Portugal. 27 Greek and Roman coins from Goldberg’s Auction #104 were stolen. Here you will find a complete and detailed list. Be aware when buying coins.
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